Top 20 Genesis Songs. Voting #1 - Progressive Rock Music Forum

1. The Cinema Show

2. Supper's Ready

3. The Musical Box

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Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Three favourite Genesis songs from three different albums:-

1. Firth of Fifth (4.5 points)

2. Watcher of the Skies (3 points)

3. The Musical Box (2 points)

I wonder why 4.5 points for first place though. Why not just round it up to 5 points?

If anything it should be a straight 2,3,4.
If it were 2,3,5 then every 1st placed song getting 5 would outweigh every 2nd and 3rd placed song combined and thus make having a three song ranking system pointless.
E.g 5 x 2 = 10, 3 x 2 = 6. Even with one more vote that is only 9. So percentage wise, any 2nd placed song would need to be very much more popular than the most popular 1st placed song in order to get anywhere and that is illogical because in that case it would be most voters 1st placed song.
With 4.5 the 2nd placed songs still have a chance if there are enough votes
4.5 x 2 = 9
3 x 2 = 6
And that difference of 3 is just one vote.
3 x 3 = 9

It's all in the magic of numbers :)

Edited by LAM-SGC - February 20 2020 at 02:02

^^ Thanks for explaining your reasoning. It's your poll so I'll go along with whatever points system you think works best.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 20 2020 at 07:32

1. Supper's Ready

2. Firth of Fifth

3. Duke's Travels/Duke's End

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Sean Trane wrote:

1- Epping Forest

2- Can Utility

3- Dance On A Volcano

Wow! We should never disuss Genesis music again.

1. Supper's Ready

2. The Musical Box

3. Dance On A Volcano

LAM-SGC wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

1- Epping Forest

2- Can Utility

3- Dance On A Volcano

Wow! We should never disuss Genesis music again.

yup, your tastes are atrocious Tongue

1. Supper's Ready
2. Firth of Fifth
3. Carpet Crawlers

#1 is #1 song in the history of music. #2 has the best piano introduction and best guitar solo in prog history, and #3 is so good, no matter if sung by Gabriel, Collins, or Ray Wilson!

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

judahbenkenobi wrote:

1. Supper's Ready
2. Firth of Fifth
3. Carpet Crawlers

#1 is #1 song in the history of music. #2 has the best piano introduction and best guitar solo in prog history, and #3 is so good, no matter if sung by Gabriel, Collins, or Ray Wilson!

The Prog Gods forbid any of those classic Genesis songs should be sung by Ray Wilson.

I beg to differ

Formentera Lady wrote:

thief wrote:

My vote:

01. Supper's Ready (4.5 points)

02. The Cinema Show (3 points)

03. Firth of Fifth (2 points)

Count me in. Thumbs Up

So it means you double down on this vote? Smile